Tom Elliott

Tom Elliott (11 December 1963-) was the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 22 September 2010 to 31 March 2012, succeeding Reg Empey and preceding Mike Nesbitt, and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 8 May 2015, succeeding Michelle Gildernew.

Biography
Tom Elliott was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland to an Anglican Anglo-Irish family. He was an Ulster unionist activist in the Ballinamallard Ward for years, and he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 as an Ulster Unionist Party member. In 2010, he won the UUP leadership election, succeeding Reg Empey, and he resigned in 2012 due to opposition to him within his party; his decrying of Irish flag bearers as "Sinn Fein scum" and his refusal to attend gay pride parades made him a controversial figure. In 2015, he was elected to the NIA once more, representing County Fermanagh and southern County Tyrone.